US6353694B1 - MMI thermo-optic coupler - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a multi-mode (MMI) coupler, and more particularly to an MMI coupler having a polymer cladding.
- MMI multi-mode
- optical signals are transmitted by means of optical signals through otpical fibers.
- the optical signals are processed on integrated optical chips which are placed between the fibers.
- support substrates such as, for example glass, Si, InP, GaAs and subsequently structured.
- the light is guided through a medium referred to as the waveguide core.
- the waveguide core is bounded by a reflecting transition.
- a metal is used for this purpose.
- dielectric waveguides the total reflection on a surrounding medium having a smaller refractive index the waveguide cladding is used.
- optical waveguides only those modes can propagate which fulfil the Maxwell equations.
- the waveguides are referred to as cut-off, monomode or multimode waveguides, dependent on whether they can guide no mode, only one mode for each polarization or a plurality of modes.
- the light propagates in the longitudinal z direction.
- the x direction is parallel to the waveguide layer and is defined as the horizontal, or lateral direction.
- the y direction is vertical to the waveguide layer and is defined as the vertical, or transversal direction.
- the propagation of light on the chips is computed by means of numerical methods such as beam propagation (BPM) methods, or modal propagation analysis (MPA) methods.
- BPM beam propagation
- MPA modal propagation analysis
- semi-analytical computations such as the effective index method (EIM) are used.
- EIM effective index method
- the Maxwell equations are often solved in a scalar approximation. These equations describe the planar optics exactly.
- Two polarizations can be distinguished: the TE polarization has the E vector in the x direction.
- the TM polarization has the H vector in the x direction.
- the scalar approximation leads to “quasi-TE” and “quasi-TM” modes.
- the mode forms and the “effective” indexes may be dependent on the polarization.
- “monomode” waveguides often have a mode for each polarization, i.e. overall, there are often two modes in “monomode” waveguides. These are degenerate modes in normal optical glass fibers.
- N ⁇ M splitters Important components in integrated optics are the beam splitters and combiners. Generally, one refers to N ⁇ M splitters. N ⁇ M denote the number of inputs and outputs. Ideally, these splitters should have the following properties: they should be compact (having small dimensions), independent of polarization, not very sensitive to manufacturing inaccuracies and easy to produce. Moreover, it should be possible to readily adapt the splitting or combining ratios to the various applications by geometrical changes in the design.
- Various beam splitters and combiners have already been realised: Symmetrical Y branches are simple solutions for 1 ⁇ 2 splitters with a 50%/50% intensity ratio. Asymmetrical Y branches yield other intensity ratios but, due to coupling effects, they are often polarization-dependent between the two outputs. For manufacturing Y branches, a high resolution, particularly in the sharp bifurcation, is required. They are very sensitive to manufacturing inaccuracies.
- Directional couplers with two parallel waveguides separated by means of a narrow slit operate as 2 ⁇ 2 splitters.
- the coupling length is, however, very sensitive to manufacturing parameters, particularly as regards slit width and depth.
- the coupling length is also very much dependent on polarization.
- “Two-mode” interference (TMI) couplers without a slit also operate as 2 ⁇ 2 splitters.
- the intensity ratio is, however, very much dependent on the coupling into the input and output Y branches. Consequently, they are very sensitive to manufacturing conditions.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,857,039 describes a thermo-optically activated directional coupler having a polymer guide buffer layer and a heater which allows the refractive index of the polymer to be varied.
- the '039 patent extols the virtues of polymer over silica especially in the interguide space.
- the guides can only be properly covered by the mineral layer, particularly in the case of silica coverings, by a so-called “FHD” technique which is extremely difficult to apply. Therefore, the '039 patent provides a solution which is tailored to providing a more practicably directional coupler.
- a polymer cladding on an silica filament strand of optical fibre is well known, and has been disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,116,654 issue Sep. 26, 1978. In this patent it is stated that “Where low attenuation of transmitted light in an optical fiber material is critical, the preferred material for the filamentary core is silica, since it has one of the lowest attenuations presently known.
- Suitable cladding materials known in the art include thermoplastic polymers which have an index of refraction lower than that of the core; and which preferably are substantially amorphous.”
- the cladding guides the light within a waveguide or optical fibre and when the relative refractive index difference between the cladding and the core is varied the confinement of light within a guide varies as well.
- MMI couplers have become more and more popular. These components are waveguide sections guiding a plurality of modes. They are produced, for example by widening a conventional waveguide structure until it guides a sufficient number of modes. The lateral guidance is then, for example, also often increased. Thanks to their self-imaging property, these couplers operate as N ⁇ M splitters in two or three dimensions. “Conventional” MMI couplers as used throughout the specification and the following claims are understood to be those elements having parallel sides. It is to be noted that MMI couplers can also be made with slanting sides. Several prior art patents describe the function and operation of the MMI couplers, such as U.S. Pat. No.
- MMI couplers have been very difficult to manufacture with a great deal of accuracy. Notwithstanding, since these devices are not highly tolerant to imperfect manufacturing, producing MMI couplers has been a feat, and until now, has remained a costly process.
- the invention discovered here concerns providing a polymer layer atop the MMI wide core and lessens the requirement for accuracy in manufacturing and allows a device to be tuned to meet required specifications, within predetermined limits. For example, a poorly manufactured device can be tuned to perform as a perfectly manufactured device that meets its original specifications. Hence, many fewer devices are rejected and discarded as rejects.
- a second advantage of this invention is that devices can be tuned to provide a controlled and variable output.
- the MMI coupler can function as a switch or a variable coupler.
- a multi-mode interference coupler for coupling light between ports, comprising:
- a first input port for launching light into a core of a substantially planar waveguide of a first material having a first refractive index n 1 , the substantially planar waveguide having a response that confines the light to a single mode in one dimension, and multi-mode in another dimension;
- At least two output ports for receiving light launched into and propagating through the core from the input port
- a heater thermally coupled to said cladding for heating the cladding in dependence upon a control signal, to vary at least one of
- At least one of the first material and the second material is a polymer.
- FIG. 1 a is a top view of an MMI-based thermo-optic switch/attenuator
- FIG. 1 b is a cross-section of the device having a polymer cladding
- FIG. 2 is a typical plot of the ratio W e /W of a MMI coupler against the refractive index of the cladding, wherein the refractive index of the core has been kept fixed at 1.5.
- thermo-optic optical switch or attenuator in the form of an MMI couplers as shown.
- the MMI coupler has two input ports and two output ports. Alternatively one input port can be provided.
- This device can be used as a switch or an attenuator. Switching is done by changing the temperature of the device through the heating element placed on top of the device. Alternatively, the same thermo-optic effect can be used to initially compensate for the fabrication variations of the coupler.
- ⁇ 0 and ⁇ 1 are the propagation constants of the fundamental and first order modes, respectively
- n ver is the slab effective index at the guiding region
- W e is the effective width of the fundamental transverse mode.
- the effective width (W e ) is slightly larger than the actual width (W) of the multimode waveguide and takes into account the lateral penetration depth of the modal field.
- the effective width depends on the waveguide characteristics. It can be approximated by the effective width of the fundamental mode and is given by W e ⁇ W + ( ⁇ ⁇ ) ⁇ ( n 2 n 1 ) 2 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ( n 1 2 - n 2 2 ) - ( 1 / 2 ) ( 2 )
- n 1 and n 2 are the refractive indices of the core and cladding, respectively.
- n ver and/or W e can be varied. As indicated in Equation (1), the beatlength is directly dependent on the square of W e and, therefore, varying W e rather than n ver has much more pronounced effect on the beatlength.
- W e can be changed by varying the index contrast between the core and cladding of the waveguide. If core and cladding have similar themo-optic coefficients (dn/dT), then we can only change n ver and not W e by changing the temperature of the device. However, If the core and cladding of the waveguides are selected to have suitable refractive indices and of different materials with different thermo-optic coefficients, then the effective width W e can be altered by changing the temperature.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a variation of the ratio W e /W against the changes of the refractive index of the cladding for a given MMI coupler. It can be seen that the rate of change of the ratio W e /W is faster as the refractive indices of the core and cladding become close together. This is evident from Equation (2) wherein the difference between W e and W gets smaller for waveguide with higher contrast (i.e., larger difference between n 1 and n 2 ).
- the effective width of the MMI coupler can be changed efficiently by varying the refractive index of either the core or the cladding, while keeping the other one relatively unchanged. This method is much more effective than changing n ver .
- the parameter values shown in the following table show a design example.
- a change of 0.01 in the refractive index value of the cladding is required for the switching operation.
- the required change in the temperature of the device for 0.01 change in refractive index of the cladding is about 40 degrees Centigrade.
- the coupler length is about 670 ⁇ m.
- An extinction ratio of more than 20 dB can be easily achieved.
- the device has a wide bandwidth.
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Description
MMI | in/out guides | ||
Width | 8 μm | 3 μm | ncore = 1.50 | Lπ,1 = 167.5 μm |
# of modes | 2/3 | 1 | nclad,1 = 1.49 | Lπ,2 = 133.5 μm |
nclad,2 = 1.48 | ||||
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